What Chen Shaoping was most afraid of hearing was his mother Li Yufang's urging for marriage. He quickly said: "Come on, come on!" and walked out of the kitchen quickly.
The mother watched Chen Shaoping leave, shook her head with love on her face, and said, "Don't think that once you become a leader, you won't have to worry about finding a wife. You are getting older. If you don't despise others, they should despise you..."
"I know!" Chen Shaoping walked perfunctorily to the other side of the yard, where his father Chen Zhongshi was sitting. He was very happy tonight. He drank about half a catty of white wine and was a little drunk.
Chen Shaoping sat aside and handed his father a cigarette.
"Aren't you going back tonight?" Dad asked.
"After drinking, I won't come back!" Chen Shaoping said.
"People in the village are now spreading the word: Are you the one who has the final say on the development project of Haicheng Lake?" Chen Zhongshi, his face covered with wrinkles, asked with a crooked mouth and a cigarette in his mouth while reaching for a lighter from his pocket.
Chen Shaoping took out his lighter and quickly lit a cigarette for his father, then lit it for himself and said, "Don't listen to their nonsense! The development of Haicheng Lake was decided by the provincial party committee and the provincial government. How can I do that?"
Chen Zhongshi smiled and said: "The senior officials in the province formulate policies, but you are the one doing the specific work!"
Chen Shaoping nodded, and Chen Zhongshi continued: "Last time Sanchuan came, people in the village said that he drove a car worth more than one million yuan, and said that he made a lot of money following you!"
"You can't say that. Ren Sanchuan himself is also capable!" Chen Shaoping said.
Chen Zhongshi took a drag on his cigarette and continued: "Your brother... you should take him out to see the world and make some money, otherwise even a female cadre will look down on him!"
Chen Shaoping nodded: "Sanchuan's company has reserved a vice president position for him. He can go to work at any time!"
"Shaoan told me that Sanchuan is good to him. If he goes there, he will be the boss and he won't have to do anything!" Chen Zhongshi coughed and then said, "This is not good. You won't learn anything!"
"It depends on what Shaoan likes to do. He can tell me whatever he wants to do, and I will find a way to pave the way for him!" Chen Shaoping said.
Chen Zhongshi nodded and said, "Shaoan is an honest man and can't speak. You should help him more in the future!"
Outside the kitchen door, Chen Shaoan was washing the dishes skillfully. Over the years, his younger brother has been taking care of everything in the family.
When Chen Shaoping and his younger sister Chen Shaoli came back, they basically had clothes on their backs, food on their hands, and food on their hands. His younger brother Chen Shaoan is three years younger than Chen Shaoping, but he already looks like a farmer.
After his brother finished cleaning up, Chen Shaoping decided to talk to him.
"That Lingling, how did you meet?" Chen Shaoping asked with a smile.
"I was introduced by someone!" Chen Shaoan looked shy when talking about Zhang Lingling. It was obvious that he liked Zhang Lingling very much.
"If you like it, be proactive, be generous, and go to their homes more often!" Chen Shaoping said with a smile.
Chen Shaoan just lowered his head and smiled. Chen Shaoping glanced at the pickup truck parked in the yard. It was Zhang Sanchuan's car at the construction site and had been driven by Chen Shaoan.
"Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I will ask Sanchuan to come over and take you to change a car!" Chen Shaoping said.
Chen Shaoan immediately shook his head after hearing this: "This pickup truck is very good!"
"No matter how good a pickup truck is, it is still a pickup truck. Haven't you always liked Audi? How about buying an A4L?" Chen Shaoping said.
Chen Shaoan suddenly raised his head, his eyes seemed to be shining, and he said with a smile: "But people say that you can afford a good car, but you can't afford it!"
"Nonsense! If you can afford it, you can afford it!" Chen Shaoping corrected.
Chen Shaoan's face was already full of smiles, and Chen Shaoping added: "When I buy a new car, I will go to other people's houses more and communicate more with each other!"
"Brother, do you think Lingling really likes me? She is a civil servant after all..." Chen Shaoan lowered his head with a sense of inferiority and touched his fingers.
"What's wrong with civil servants? She's not superior to others. After all, she's still getting a dead salary. She's just an ordinary clerk, and her salary is a few thousand dollars less. It's not as high as the salary that Sanchuan gives you as the deputy general manager, not to mention Sister Shanmei. All the income from the orchard goes to our family!"
Chen Shaoping immediately corrected his brother's thinking.
"However, everyone thinks that civil servants are an iron rice bowl and that they are superior to others... just like the people in the village look at you!" Chen Shaoan continued.
"Civil servants look glamorous. I'm just lucky. Otherwise, I would have been a village cadre in Dongshan Township by now!" Chen Shaoping patted his younger brother on the shoulder and continued: "Shaoan, be confident! You Now we are at least from a well-off family, and I dare say that 90% of the civil servants in Cangyang County are not as good as you!"
Chen Shaoan nodded, but he was still not confident.
"Shaoan, if you want to do something bold, don't be afraid. Brother will support you behind the scenes! Don't worry about Zhang Lingling. As long as you can succeed, I can help. Don't say she wants to be transferred when the time comes. It's no problem for his parents to transfer him if they want!" Chen Shaoping put his arm around his younger brother's shoulders and said very intimately.
The two brothers haven't been this close for a long time.
"But I will only tell you these words, and you should keep them in your heart. Don't say them everywhere, let alone in front of Zhang Lingling's family!" Chen Shaoping asked again.
In Cangyang County, a small, closed and backward mountainous county, the idea of officialdom is very serious. As a civil servant, Zhang Lingling's parents are both teachers, so the whole family is financially dependent on them. Generally, she is not very good-looking and only went to high school. Culture, Chen Shaoan, who has no formal job...
Chen Shaoping also had doubts in his heart. When he returned to the county, he asked Xu Xiaoping, who had been the secretary of the town committee in Daping Town, to find out about the situation.
That night, Chen Shaoping rested at home. At eight o'clock in the evening, his sister Chen Shaoli sent another video call.
Chen Shaoli is a senior this year and will be interning soon. Her mother wants Chen Shaoli to come back to Cangyang County for an internship, and Chen Shaoping will arrange an internship unit for her.
Chen Shaoli hopes to stay in the provincial capital or go to a developed coastal city to get more learning and training opportunities.
"Lili, it's better for you to go home. We don't worry if you, a little girl, go far away!" Mother said sincerely.
Chen Shaoping supported his sister's idea of daring to venture out and fight, but he said he neither opposed nor supported it.
"Mom, what's there to be afraid of? Yutong and I have agreed that we will find a place for internship together when the time comes!" Chen Shaoli said, and Li Yutong appeared in the video. She greeted everyone enthusiastically and called " Chen Shaoping shouted: "Brother Shaoping!"
I haven’t seen Li Yutong for more than a year, but when I saw it in the video, Chen Shaoping even felt like he was amazed!
